A spacious and superbly located Villa, with breathtaking views of the natural landscape of this area of Portugal. The property sits in a very quiet spot at the edge of a countryside village, very close to protected historical Roman settlements and places of natural beauty such as natural river pools.

Built in 2008, the villa was designed with comfort and leisure in mind, i.e. all bedrooms are en suite, there’s a 45sqm veranda, perfect for hosting large functions with amazing scenery in the background, and a fantastic fully fitted kitchen, with high quality appliances. Included in this sale, there’s a 2800sqm plot next to the property, which could be developed, subject to submission of project.

Key features

4 en suite bedrooms, all with large fitted wardrobes

4 Bathrooms

Treble aspect open plan kitchen and dining room

Quality bespoke wooden door with large entrance hallway

Lounge with huge patio doors overlooking the scenery

Large colonial style 45sqm tiled balcony, with built in brick barbecue

The main living area of this villa is at ground floor level, entered by the lawn and fruit tree front garden. Once through the stylish front door there’s a large hallway, with the staircase to the left, also on the left there is a WC room and a storage and cleaning room. From this hallway, there’s access to the kitchen, lounge and one of the four en suite bedrooms. The large balcony is accessed from two patio doors in the lounge and one patio door in the kitchen area, the balcony also has an external staircase leading down to the pool and garage area. On the first floor, from the large staircase landing, there’s a utility room and the other three double en suite bedrooms. The kitchen is fully fitted with high quality appliances, all the furniture is oak, including low and high level kitchen cabinets and the worktops are black granite. Downstairs is an open plan garage, which covers most of the footprint of the building, where you find the hot water system and has enough space for a workshop.

Outside area

The low maintenance, lawned front garden has various types of fruit trees. The drive to the garage and patio areas is fully paved. There’s a gate to the plot next door and a gate to a garden area, further down from the swimming pool area.

About the location

The Villa is located in the small Village of Camarinha which is 4 Km from the castle town of Penela, this town got its first charter granted by D. Afonso Henrique’s (1st King of Portugal) in July of 1137, making it one of the oldest municipalities in Portugal.

Other important towns within 15 minutes are Condeixa a velha and the city of Coimbra within 20 to 25 minutes.

*Penela has all the amenities from a modern European town, check this link http://www.cm-penela.pt/tourism/roteiro.html is not a big town but it has many amenities, including a range of shops, a weekly market, banks, post office, café-bars, restaurants, a cinema, internet café, schools (nursery, primary & secondary), modern medical centre, dentists, library, indoor & outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, sports centre, football ground, karate & kendo clubs, motocross & 4×4 clubs, parasailing, gym, massage & beauty spa, horse riding, and river beaches for swimming and fishing.